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This is a qualified pick for me. Ravatn paints an incredible picture of these two people living in gorgeous isolation next to a fjord. However, the pacing was a bit too slow for it to be as suspenseful as it could have been. Also—and I know this a minor quibble— but no quotation marks, no em dash, nothing at all to indicate lines of dialogue...there were moments of confusion.

#humpdaypost @MinDea

2. Three Musketeers
3. Gen X
4. Dramamine (about to get on a plane)
5. Birthday party for my dad

This is the #planebook that will accompany me to San Francisco tomorrow. I‘m going to celebrate my dad‘s 80th birthday and it‘s where I grew up. Well, almost; I grew up just north of SF. It will be good to go home. And this book, a Norwegian thriller, will be my first foray into #nordicnoir #scandinaviannoir. 😀

But never fear, I am also taking my Fire, which is stocked with plenty more books.

7 great reads in November!!

The Other Twin - L. V. Hay
The Power - Naomi Alderman
The Stolen Child - Kay Sanjida
Baby Doll - Hollie Overton
The Bird Tribunal - Agnes Ravatn
The Chalk Man - C. J. Tudor
In The Eye Of The Beholder - Jeffrey Archer

#5towatch @Cinfhen

Gail Honeyman ( Eleanor oliphant)⭐️
Decca Aitkenhead ( all at sea) ⭐️
Su Bristow ( Sealskin)⭐️
Agnes Ravatn ( the bird tribunal)it‘s def her first book translated to english. & she is a new young writer. ⭐️
Debut collaboration of Stephen & Owen King ( Sleeping Beauties) ⭐️

Pic taken last weekend in country.

Wrong book, right author. Evening reading hijacked by pets.

A thriller. Raw & clever. Set in nature

A beautifully written and translated thriller set in Norway. This was such a tense book, full of atmosphere and menace, perfect for lovers of psychological thrillers. Thanks so much to TripFiction for my paperback copy.

#Bookmail woohoo thank you TripFiction 😊

Information and trust are scarce in this taut story. We are given brief snippets of information, veiled and uncertain. The creeping atmosphere of distrust builds, between Aliss and Sigurd and between the reader and characters as they edit and revise their own stories. Ravatn uses every tool her isolated environment and her damaged characters provide and there are shades of du Maurier and Hitchcock in the slow, disconcerting unravelling of her tale

Where to start with this book. As you read you are slowly consumed by the story. The pace is perfect you eagerly yearn for more. It takes over your mind the characters make you nervous you have no idea who to trust. As you sink deeper and deeper you can smell your surroundings and read on the each of your seat. The Norwegian tone is refreshing it's a new style I haven't read before. This books brings something meaty and juicy to the book table!

It may have just been that I wasn't in the best frame-of-mind for The Bird Tribunal, but I can only rate it so-so. The main characters were both a little annoying. The book not as "thriller" as I was hoping for. ***After a few days, I'm liking this book better. I keep thinking about it, so I upped my rating!

This book is on the short side but it sure packs one hell of a punch. The ending left me with a sense of peace that I didn‘t even realize I was craving. I don‘t recall ever being quite so absorbed by a book before and I believe this is due to never being sure what would happen. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys dark settings, fascinating characters with secrets,and writing that enraptures you and transports you to a chilling location.